Cinderella definitely looked like a glam metal band and had some glam metal elements in their sound, but I think they're more of a killer blues rock band!
I think Night Songs is super glam in terms of the sound, but Long Cold Winter isn’t really that much of a glam album, and their later material is certainly just blues rock. They were clearly a blues rock band at heart
@@bobjoe7508 Night Songs is one of the best albums of the 80's. I never cared much for any of their other albums. Kind of similar to Guns N Roses... Appetite was one of the best albums ever recorded but everything else they ever did was MEH to me
I superly agree. Lol. But sadly overlooked by the Americans but is celebrated in southeast asia and esp in Northeast India, Firehouse is bigger than Gnr in Northeast India
Glam Metal is surely my favorite Rock genre. I try to stick in as many bands into the term as possible. Great video. This will be a lengthy post. Def Lepp at #1 is spot on. Top tier would have definitely had Kiss on my list. and I don't mean the Hall & Oates song. Winger rocked. They also had a slight prog vibe to them. "Madalaine" and especially "Headed For A Heartbreak" and guess what their new alum 'Seven" is heavy. Kiss went full on Glam on "Lick It Up". The first album without makeup. Kix, Danger Danger, Black N Blue, Twisted Sister, Vixen Pretty Boy Floyd, Lita Ford, Quiet Riot, all could fall into one of those tiers. Here's a tier. Bands who knew they were Glam, but didn't want to be associated with the term" Guns & Roses. Always kinda pissed at these guys cause they could have kept the popularity of Glam Metal alive through the 90's, by just carrying out the term with pride. I mean comon, Big Arena Rock power ballads, catchy riffs, insane guitar solos, and hair hair hair. another tier. "70's bands who became even bigger bands in Glam form": Aerosmith, Heart, Alice Cooper, AC/DC(debatable), Meatloaf, Kiss could have fit here too. and even Van Halen because David Lee Roth was poster boy of big hair and spandex. I leave you with one final band 1982 Michael Bolton. Even had Bruce Kulick on guitar.
That was a great show! Exactly my music. Wow, you know Hawk. One tier is left. The great newer bands who keep this style alive with great concerts and albums. Crashdiet, Crazy Lixx, H.E.A.T, Confess, Chez Kane, Eclipse etc. Thank god the next indoor summer festival in hamburg with bands old (Helix, Tramps White Lion, Coney Hatch) and new (Crashdiet, Hardcore Superstar, Confess) etc. is near. After that the H.E.A.T and Eclipse double headline tour. This music is still alive. By the way, I love the tier with all the metal bands that became glamsters for one album.
So glad you mention these bands. All in my collection. This is the new music I listen to now. Tokyo Motor Fist, Reckless Love, Grand Design, Alex Meister, Hairbangers Ball/Brian Durbin, Ana Moll, Diamante, White Widdow all have elements of Glam Metal to their music. Strangely enough a lot of them on Frontiers Records label too.
Yes, you summarized that perfectly! As well as every concert I have been to...and they're touring alot, never disappointed! They have some great new stuff too- with Phil sounding better than ever, IMHO..
Really great video taking me down memory lane. Most interesting for me is your late bands who still had some big albums. Firehouse, Slaughter, etc. I remember those bands and songs, they were incredible. I never thought great music would end. Little did we know grunge would screw everything up. I hate grunge for that.
Cool Idea for a video! A couple of categories that may have been interesting : Sleeze - L.A Guns, 2nd Shotgun Messiah, Brides of Destruction, Buckcherry, etc. Bands people think were glam but weren't: Lynch Mob, Tesla, Queensryche, Guns n' Roses, Badlands, AC/DC, Journey, Van Halen, The Hangmen, Love/Hate, Triumph, Saigon Kick, Sword, etc And New Wave of Glam bands : Santa Cruz, Crash Diet, Dynasty, Vains of Jenna, Black Veil Brides. Reckless Love et al. As always, you mentioned a few bands I've never heard of. You do know your stuff! Cheers!
@@machupikachu1085 no Journey and AC/DC are not hair metal in the slightest. But like it or not Tesla, Lynch Mob, Badlands as much as they deny it, participated as much in that scene as everyone else did back in the day
This is awesome Bryce, being from the UK we didn’t get many of these bands on the Charts even in the late 80s (well apart from Def Leppard of course, Poison and Alice Cooper in his glam phase. It I’ve got into most of them from reading about them and great videos like this. That Firehouse debut is awesome, as are LA Guns, Cinderella, Vain and so many more here! I think only one I think I missed on the list is Danger Danger, they had a great debut record. Cheers from England! 👍
I was wondering when someone would mention Danger Danger. Their first and second albums are great. Andy Timmons is an incredible guitarist. One of the best.
I saw Andy Timmons and Ted Poley on some cable show last night. It was still good. I love L.A.Guns ❤️ probably my favorite. They have new music out , sounds straight out of the 80's-early 90's.
Really enjoyed this. Pretty comprehensive list. The only one I thought of that might deserve to be on the list is D.A.D (Disneyland After Dark), specifically the album No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims from 1989. Sleeping My Day Away was a cool song, as was Rim Of Hell. The singer, Jesper Binzer, has also released a couple of solo albums, Dying Is Easy in 2017 and Save Your Soul in 2020. I think they were from Denmark. Might be wrong about the country but definitely Europe. Love glam metal, even the modern era stuff. I tend to like the rawer stuff personally.
danger danger was a really good glam band from queens new york that had a really good debut album from 1989 the song on the album naughty naughty is a really good song
I think that Saigon kick would also fit in good in the heavier tier as well and jackyl would also fit in good in the bluesy tier olso in my opinion ♥️ ❤️ 💚 🩷 💞 🧡 🩶🤍💙🖤💛🩵💜🤎💕
I came here to comment on Skid Row! They were probably the biggest band to come out in 89!! Also, Slave to the Grind debuted at @1 on the Billboard charts. The 1st metal album to do so, as you mentioned, some people don't see them as glam/ hair metal - but no denying that they were definitely huge at the time! They're a personal favorite of mine....no makeup or anything like that....they did have about the strongest hair game going ...lol-, Sebastian 's voice was beautiful, and the album was all killer and no filler. It also didn't hurt that he had stage presence with charisma, and of course, he was gorgeous, as was Rachel...so, thanks again for bringing them up. ❤
Cult could’ve been included in the bluesy tier, they were pretty big in the MTv that played music era. I think Cinderella got shoehorned into glam by management and or marketing Night Songs is glamy but long cold winter and heartbreak station are more like east coast Guns N’ Roses. A lot of people sleep on Cinderella due to their name and image.
I would’ve included Stryper in the heavier bands (if you don’t believe me listen to songs like The Rock That Makes Me Roll and More Than a Man), as well as Alice Cooper in bands that went glam with the amazing Constrictor, Raise Your Fist and Yell (though that one is probably too heavy for glam), and Trash albums
Good breadth in your list with 2 bands Blonz and Ransom that I missed from that time that I'll be checking out. A few Glam Metal Albums that I loved in those days that you didn't mention and I haven't seen much in the comments: 1) London Quireboys - A bit of what you fancy (now just called Quireboys) 2) Kane Roberts Solo Album Saints and Sinners (wrote alot of Alice Cooper's 80's music) 3) Y & T - Ten - Fits in your bands that went Glam Category 4) Jetboy - Damned Nation 5) Katmandu - Self-Titled only Album - Vocalist Dave King from Fastway which is another band that could be on here 6) MSG - Save Yourself and MSG self titled are both fantastic glam albums from Micheal Schenker that just like Scorpion went more glam as 80's went on 7) Blue Murder - Self Titled - Possibly my favorite 80's album 8) Little Caesar - Self Titled 9) Aldo Nova - Blood on the Bricks 10) House of Lords - Self Titled
There's a RU-vidr named Brendan Snyder. He hiped me to that Ransom cd. I have no problem with your tears, Bryce. However, for the Blues tear, I would add a band from Philly called Tangier. They released two albums on ATCO Records. One of their drummers was briefly in Cinderella. If I could add a tear, I would add bands with a slight Prog edge. Problem is I would only have two bands in there. They would be Europe and Winger. For those that don't know, Europe started out as a Prog band called Force. No, I don't think that GNR was ever Glam. People probably say that based on Axl's appearance in the Welcome To The Jungle video. Cool that you spoke about Winger's first two albums. I dig them. Everyone just talks about Pull.
Great episode Bryce! Cool to see your love of glam metal, while you also dig a lot of music that is much more extreme and aggressive! There's room for all genres of music, as long as it's done with quality and integrity. Keep up the good work!
I see you have “The Final Countdown.” -Europe. Listen to “Out of This World” (their next album) all the way through with Kee Marcello playing lead. It’s gorgeous I would have included Mr. Big, but whatever. To each his own. There were a ton of those bands back in the day I would argue that Aerosmith definitely had a glam phase. Interesting video. 👍 and subscribing
Great segment! I own almost all albums of all the bands you mentioned except a few such as Trixter and Faster Pussycat. The bands that were a little late to the party but still successful category (Firehouse, Slaughter and Steelheart) are among my favorites and still listen to often.
You touched on a lot of my favs. A few you may have missed: tora tora, Babylon ad, every mothers nightmare, saraya, tangier, Gorky Park, tyketto, tuff. The list goes on and on.
Babylon A.D is so damn underrated. Their debut is one of the best albums of that era in my opinion. Great songs and great musicians, they had a heavier and darker metal/rock sound that I just love . Derek Davis had a killer voice and Danny De La Rosa and Ron Freschi lead guitars were awesome. Great interplay between the two do them
One band that should have been in the blues category is Badlands. Needs to be in there. And make a sleaze metal tier with LA Guns, Faster Pussycat and you need to have Love/Hate there. Anywhere really. Good to see Lillian Axe get something at the end. And Tyketto’s debut Don’t Come Easy is fantastic and needs to be somewhere.
Winger was awesome! Reb beach brought the heat from that first album all the way through. Fantastic player and band . Dokken and ratt ruled the scene . Killer guitar work in that whole scene , lynch , Beach , Bratta , vai, bill leverty , and the most underrated player from that entire era in my opinion has to be Mark Kendall from Great White . He stood out in a very crowed and talent wave of players because he was very bluesy . Almost blues metal or blues rock straight up and I love that style . House of broken love is sooo good
Cinderella was totally different than the rest of the bands. They were such a good blues rock band. They had different influences than the others and this can be heard in their sound. Such an awesome band an low key the only glam metal band I really dig because I think they got the most depth in their music. Great video,anyway
Glam is more than hair and makeup...it was the sound. Some other bands: Heart went glam in the 80s. Aerosmith went glam in the 80s Starship went glam in the 80s. Yes went semi-glam in the 80s. Van Halen went glam-pop in 80s..."Jump" anyone? I know that is not quite the same...but glam was synonymous with pop back then, glam was SO HUGE. Van Hagar? Everyone went glam in the 80s....MTV made them do so. No glam-pop....no success with some rare exceptions. ACDC went semi-pop with Back in Black. I would also throw in Damn Yankees, pop and ballads which can be sort of glam.
I'll definitely add Heart and Yngwie Malmsteen to tier 7. Heart had a sound that was right in between glam metal and adult contemporary in their self titled in 1985, Bad Animals in 1987 and Brigade in 1990. Yngwie started blending glam in his songs in Trilogy in 1986, went full on Glam in Odyssey in 1988 and Eclipse in 1990, started blending power metal in Fire And Ice in 1992, blended more power metal until going full on power metal in Alchemy in 1999. I'd also remove Kiss from this tier and move it to either tier 1 or tier 4. I see them as one of the inventors of glam metal even back then with all the makeup
Quiet Riot's Metal Health didn't debut at #1. It was credited as the first metal album to reach it. The first metal album to debut at the top of the charts was Skid Row's Slave to the Grind. Also the first name of the singer for Steelheart is pronounced mill yang ko, and his last name is pronounced muh tee uh vitch, according to the frontman himself.
I really like a couple “T” bands that probably fall into underrated/obscure. Those would be Tyketto & Tangier. Also, could fall into the bluesy category as well. I agree on Vain & Wildside. They would be my top 2 underrated in glam…
Great video as always!! I was fortunate to see Def Leppard on the Hysteria tour with Queensryche opening on their Operation Mindcrime album, one of the best shows I have seen. Bands Like KIX, Trixter, Danger Danger would have been included for me!
Great video Bryce, you had some good choices there. I'll throw in a few Canadian bands too, Helix, Alias, Harem Scarem, Slik Toxik, Sven Gali, Killer Dwarfs, Honeymoon Suite, Brighton Rock and the original Pretty Boy Floyd from Vancouver, Canada ( Bullets & Lipstik is there only studio album ), etc etc.
Cool mentions… have some albs in my collection by Helix, Alias and Killer Dwarfs actually and dig Sven Gali and Slik Toxik… had Slik Toxik’s alb “Irrelevant” on my top 10 albs of 1994 a while back
@@brycetalksmetal actually, If you haven't done so, an episode of Canadian Rock and Metal would be very cool. You could mention the bigger bands like Rush, Triumph, Three Days Grace and Annihilator, but also more obscure bands like Brighton Rock, Sword, Killer Dwarfs, April Wine, Skinny Puppy, Finger Eleven, Devin Townsend, Protest the Hero, The Headstones, Into Eternity, Lee Aaron, Chixdiggit, Sacrifice, Threat Signal, S.N.F.U. etc. and of course ... Skull Fist. Lots to choose from! Edit: How did I forget Propagandhi and Sum 41? Cheers!
I would argue that glam metal was started in 1978 with Van Halen I. They were so far ahead of their time and did everything that was done in the 80's, but did it in 19 freaking 78.
Fantastic job Bryce. You nailed it dude! Great to see Firehouse get a mention...love them. Probably my all time favorite. The one and only band/album I wish you had included, is Extreme with their second album Pornograffitti....absolute classic in my books. Thoughts on this album Bryce?
If Celtic Frost , Pantera and Wasp are in there, then I would consider british band Raven too ( Stay Hard - Pack is Back ) Dio and EZO but you've got a great list anyway , with many names that I had somehow forgotten about and sure will check out again .
Another great video bro, I too started out with glam metal then went into heavier and more diverse stuff but sill always have a love of glam. Keep Rockin' Bryce 🤘🙂🤘
I love concept and very well done. Stuff I know and a few bands that I didn’t know and should check out. Lots of possibilities. NWOBHM, Extreme, maybe shock rock.
For Tier 7 I feel as if there are many bands or artists that went glam that should've been included. Here's some interesting ones Discharge's Second Album Grave New World, keeps their hardcore ethos while shifting into the glam territory, universally hated by many but interesting to hear. Like Discharge, TSOL, also a hardcore band tried their hand at glam metal with Hit and Run with singer Joe Wood Keeping on with different lead singers and going glam, Bad Company went into a Glam Metal sound with their tenure with Brian Howe, as well as Montrose's Album Mean with Johnny Edwards and Uriah Heep's Equator with Peter Goalby. Judas Priest wasn't the only 80s classic metal band to go glam! Accept hired a new singer named David Reece to record Eat the Heat in 1989, a nice glam metal record! Don't forget about bands that were glam for a bit like The Cult, Manic Street Preachers, Blackfoot, Heart, Alice Cooper, and even Aerosmith and Triumph!
Still blows my mind, Bryce knows all these bands from that crazy time I managed to live through. One not mentioned, Slik Toxik",'doin' the nasty'. Pretty good riffs through out.there's a lot more, just have to think about it,....cause I did live through that time.
I'd consider Faster Pussycat in the same hard rock/metal genre as GNR, Dangerous Toys, L.A. Guns and to a lesser extent Skid Row. They are street/sleaze hard rock.
Check out the band ZAR, specifically their 1990 album Live Your Life Forever. Very powerful stuff and heavy riffs in the style of Europe. And that album cover though. 😌👌
So glad to see that War Babies album pop up. I love that album! Kind of a Hair Metal/Grunge transition that a lot of bands were trying in the early 90s.
My favorite thing about "Round And Round" by Ratt...is that chord progression and the rhythm of it...the chord progression sounds like "Panama" by Van Halen, but the rhythm reminds me of "Bye Bye Love" by The Cars
I seen _at least_ 95% of every metal band in the 80s, including glam metal. I do not agree that grunge was what caused the end to glam rock. What happened was that glam rock bands started coming from everywhere, and they got too into ballads and we wanted the metal, not the pop. That's why many of the British bands survived, as well as Skid Row, Metallica, and other metal bands. Nobody even seems to know what the grunge sound is. Just look at a list of grunge bands and try to explain how 'Babes In Toyland' has the same sound as Pearl Jam. I love Babes. I don't care for Pearl Jam. My point being, the softer ballads killed glam metal. We still listened to band like L7 and Babes In Toyland that somehow falls under grunge, but they are far more punk metal.
Never heard of this Iceberg thing but I know a bit about glam metal. Great stuff. You managed to get through a lot of bands and there's still more you could do. Brave man saying Kingdom Come is better than Led Zeppelin but I'm a big fan of Kingdom and Lenny Wolf. Bad Image is probably my favorite album from them but everything they put out in the 80s and 90s is great. Never thought of LA Guns or Faster Pussycat as bluesy but some of the songs you mentioned do have a blues flavor to them.
Glam Metal Hidden Gems… Rage of Angels…s/t Fear Not…s/t Holy Soldier…s/t Xalt…History X-Sinner…Get It Guardian…Fire and Love Angelica…Walkin’ In Faith Siloam…Sweet Destiny Seraiah…s/t Traxter…Rock and Roll Race Zion…Thunder From The Mountain God bless and Metal on!
I'm probably one of the few who has Jetboy at #2 and Kix at #3. I lived close to where Kix started and saw them starting in 81' probably 50 times. Jetboy were just great guys that I got to meet. Dokken are #1 to me still at 53 years old.
Could of had another tier: NWOBHM metal bands that went glam. Already mentioned Def Leppard, but could also included Saxon (unfortunately), Raven and Tygers of Pan Tang.
Great summary. More please. I want to emphasise 3 points buried below: 1. Keel should have been higher up -very influential 2. Hanoi Rocks should have been in there 3. Alice Cooper's mid-80s period: Trash, Constrictor, Raise Your Fist... etc. excellent Glam A few deserving mention: 1. Sweet F.A. 2. Junkyard 3. Cycle Sluts from Hell 4. Tyger Tailz (one of the few U.K. bands of the genre) 5. Sea Hags 6. Frehley's Comet 7. Brother Cane 8. Baton Rouge 9. Le Mans 10. Ugly Kid Joe (named as the antithesis of Pretty Boy Floyd - but not that different)
Great video as always. However, there was one band you overlooked. And that band is Slik Toxik. They weren't on the go for very long, having only released two albums. But their debut album "Doin' The Nasty" is a bonafide classic in my mind with not a weak track on it.
Ransom had one of the best debut albums of the late 80s, Oz Fox of Stryper supported the album. And there are several other notable and very under-rated white metal bands, the best of which IMHO is Sacred Warrior. Holy Soldier had some fame and is probably the leader behind Stryper.
Power metal would be awesome. That was my favorite music in the 80's along with thrash and speed metal. I listened to alot of old judas priest, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Grim Reaper, Hell O Ween, Fifth Angel, Riot, Savatage, Manowar, Malice, Anthrax, Slayer, Metallica, Exodus, Death Angel, Sanctuary, Testament, Overkill, Megadeth and Meliah Rage. Lots of great heavier bands in the late 80's and early 90's along with all the great glam metal bands. Great time for music.
Don't know if they're necessarily glam but "Giant" is an outstanding band, especially their first two albums. Dan huff might be one of the most well rounded vocalist / lead guitarist in all of rock, I honestly don't know what he's better at, his playing is up there with Reb Beach.
Icon is definitely a band that I think deserves a shoutout in tier 8. They were around when glam metal became popular, releasing their self-titled debut in 1984 which had a slightly heavier sound. Their follow up, Night of the Crime, came out in 1985 and was produced by Eddie Kramer. It is probably THE most 80's sounding production I have ever heard and I love it. The ballad Frozen Tears, which was on that album, is one of my favorite glam ballads. Their third album is just okay imo but it does generally have better reviews than the first two. The original singer Stephen Clifford has an absolutely killer voice that kind of reminds me of Kevin Dubrow of Quiet Riot. So yeah, killer band that I think deserves some love.
Only thing about WASP being glam was the hair, they're the heaviest baddest asssss band on this Titanic destroying iceberg. WASP sent that metal hull to the bottom of the Atlantic.
Obscure albums , but masterpieces: -Zinatra : The great escape -Blue Blud : The big Noise -Dare: Blood from stone -Icon: Night of the crime -Danger Danger: Screw it (not so obscure...)
Nice lists, breakdowns. Celtic Frost, Cold Lake. In my opinion, if Tom wasn't doing vocals...add anyone that has a voice to match the music, vibe, that album wouldn't be half bad.
IMO Guns N’ Roses is not glam metal. Their songwriting I feel was way more advanced and complicated compared to every glam metal band. No glam metal band was putting out songs like estranged , coma, November rain, locomotive etc. they def had the look of a glam metal band tho
